CATCALL

Delilah, you’re goingplaces, kid.Next up is the can-canin Reno.From breast liftto Tokyo fashion,you’ve got the giftfor serious damage.I’m at the airportrunning the landing strip.There’s a hurricane comingwith your name on it.What I won’t do,I keep secret.What’s this all about?It’s too soon to panic.You’re in a holding pattern.I took you for a working girlworking her block.Now I’m in the districtof restricted airspace.See this strip?It’s the birthplaceof cash-flow America.You’re gonna slot melike a dollarright into your mouth.Take me down to Kansas.

Jessica Van de Kemp (BA, B.Ed, MA) is the author of Spirit Light (The Steel Chisel, 2015). Her poem, “Slant of the Girl,” was shortlisted for the 2015 Montreal International Poetry Prize. The recipient of a BlackBerry Graduate Scholarship in English Language and Literature and the winner of two TA Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Jessica is currently pursuing a PhD in English at the University of Waterloo. Author Website: jessvdk.wordpress.com | Twitter: @jess_vdk

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